Fireman ( 1973 Series )

Description

Title : Fireman
Format : Science fiction, action, adventure
Created by : Tsuburaya Productions
Starring : Naoya Makoto, Goro Mutsumi, Shin Kishida
Opening Theme : Fireman
Country Of Origin : Japan
Number Of Episodes : 30 (Fireman)
Running Time : 24 minutes (per episode)
Original Channel : Nippon Television (NTV)
Original Air Date : January 17, 1973

Fireman, known as Magma Man in some markets, is a Japanese tokusatsu television series about a superhero, the title character, who fights kaiju and other villains. Produced by Tsuburaya Productions, the show was broadcast on Nippon Television from January 7 to July 31, 1973, with a total of 30 episodes. This was also one of several shows Tsuburaya did to celebrate the company's 10th Anniversary (the other two being Ultraman Taro and Jumborg Ace).

Plot

A strange phenomenon happened throughout the world, causing giant, mutant dinosaurs to suddenly appear. The people of the Aban continent, living underground for the last 12,000 years sends a courageous young man named Misakey to live as an archeologist and SAF agent Daisuke Misaki. Whenever monsters and space aliens attack the world, Misaki transforms into Fireman by using the fire-stick, and defends the human race against them.

Cast

Naoya Makoto as Daisuke Misaki / Fireman
Goro Mutsumi as Dr.Gunpachi Umino
Shin Kishida as Dr.Saburo Mizusima / Kishida wrote screenplays ep.12 as Shin Akegawa.
Sei Hiraizumi as Dr.Futoshi Chiba
Keiko Kunihara as Mariko Hayama
Mitsuru Saijō as Fireman (Suit Acting)
Voice of Fireman by Michihiro Ikemizu
Narraited by Ichirō Murakoshi

Episodes

Birth of Fireman
The Weapon is Science S･A･F
The Mysterious Spaceship
Destroy the Invaders
The Boy who Fell into the Jurassic Era
The Secret of Planet Gomerous
The Dreadful Space Bacteria
The Micro Monster's Fear
A Challenge from the Deep Sea
The Iron Monster that Attacked Tokyo
Resurrecting the Rock Monster
Earth is the Robot's Graveyard
Fear of the Dragon God Swamp
Run Through the Devil's Sea
Planet Beldar M13 Command
Steal it! The Fire-Stick
Fireman Disappeared into the Magma
He did it! Fire-Dash
The Space Monster vs. The Primeval Monster
The Gagango Monster's Storm
Messengers of Murder, Dekon and Bokon
It has Arrived!! The Transformed Alien
Kill Fireman!
The Harmonica Crying in the Night
The Alien with no Home Planet
The Secret of the Mountain Shining in the Evening Sun
The Space Leader that Manipulates Corpses
The Boy That Came From the Planet Argon
Don't Shoot! Even Though he's a Monster, he's Still my Friend
Fireman Disappears into Space

Song

Opening Song

Fireman
- Lyrics : Yū Aku
- Composition : Asei Kobayashi
- Arrangement : Bob Sakuma
- Artists : Masato Shimon

Other Song

Shutsugeki! SAF (Go attack! SAF)
- Lyrics : Hajime Tsuburaya(as Kyouichi Azuma)
- Composition and Arrangement : Tōru Fuyuki
- Artists : Columbia Yurikago-kai and The Photons

Honō no Youni Moero (Burn Like The Flame)
- Lyrics : Kyouichi Azuma
- Composition and Arrangement : Tōru Fuyuki
- Artists : Masato Shimon with The Photons